Archive for August, 2009
How to use snippets in CF Eclipse (Coldfusion for eclipse)
Snippets in Cf Eclipse can be a powerful way of both reducing the typing you do, and also making sure that code you produce is consistent, and error free.
Not just a collection of bits of code, the dynamic snippets in cfeclipse allow you to speed up repetitious tasks while ensuring accuracy and minimising test time.
Taken [...]
How to use Snippets in Aptana for Eclipse
UPDATE: the advice below is nolonger correct please see http://docs.aptana.com/docs/index.php/Adding_a_new_Snippet for explanation of snippets in Aptana for eclipse.
I use snippets extensively for things like custom function calls and other repetative tasks. CFeclipse loads the snippets view as part of it’s perspective, but when programming PHP Aptana does not by default.
It’s taken me a while but I finally [...]
Location of the MetaBase.xml
The IIS MetaBase.xml is found in:
C:\Windows\System32\Inetsrv
If you have problems with a corrupt MetaBase.xml, you can restore the MetaBase.xml file following the instructions here.
How to restore a corrupt MetaBase.xml
Anyone who has played around with the MetaBase.xml for IIS will know the sinking feeling that happens when it seems to just corrupt out of no where and IIS wont start again, you may notice in particular a message in the system event log “service-specific error 2149648394 (0×8021080A)“. Well fortunately Microsoft has identified this is [...]
The IIS Admin Service service terminated with service-specific error 2149648394 (0×8021080A).
So you can’t start IIS? You have looked in the event log to find an IIS error “The IIS Admin Service service terminated with service-specific error 2149648394 (0×8021080A).”
Whenever this has happened to me it has meant that the IIS MetaBase.xml has become corrupt somehow, this is usually from what I can see something to do [...]
Bulk rotate photos based on exif data
An excellent tool that has saved me loads of time is the free Faststone image viewer, which allows you to bulk select and auto rotate. This was one of those tasks I just couldn’t find a reliable (stable) free solution too and has saved me hours of manual changes!
Google Analytics Goals don’t match page views/are innacurate
Something that has frustrated me for a long time has been the inaccuracy of Google analytics Goals. I should state up front that no, I didn’t just RTFM, it wasn’t something I was concentrating on specifically, but having spent today working on the excellent “Custom reporting” now available I decided to get to the bottom [...]